"Tie a Yellow Ribbon..." - Dawn

CD entries in the database for Dawn featuring Tony Orlando's "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree" range anywhere from 3:17 to 3:25, yet there are currently no associated comments that help explain the run time discrepencies. Does anyone have the vinyl 45 or the parent LP who can pass along the song's run time info? I'm curious to know if there is a length, edit, or speed difference between the 45 and LP.

I just listened to my "Flashback" Arista reissue copy, which is mono and runs (3:17). This version runs considerably slower (about 1.5%) than the CD copy on AM Gold 1973. Aside from the fade, it also fades about 7 seconds sooner than my CD copy. Perhaps this info is useful to someone.

An interesting note about this song: Whenever I've heard this song on CD, I've noticed tape bleed in the line:

A ... hundred yellow ribbons 'round the ole oak tree

In that hole, you can hear "hundred" right before he sings "hundred", which I've always thought was tape bleed, and the word bleeding onto the previous spot of the tape where the big silence is ... and that's why we can hear the bleed in only that one spot of the recording.

So I thought this tape bleed occured over 20+ years and that it's not there if you'd listen to the original 45/LP. But recently, I heard the song on "American Top 40" with the tape bleed, and then I thought, Maybe it was that way even on the original pressings. But now, as someone pointed out on the board, there's a woman who substitutes new CD versions for the originals on the remastered versions of the old shows on XM/Sirius. Which leaves me totally confused. Does anyone know if that bleed on "hundred" is there on the original 45/LP pressings?

EdisonLite wrote: An interesting note about this song: Whenever I've heard this song on CD, I've noticed tape bleed in the line: A ... hundred yellow ribbons 'round the ole oak tree In that hole, you can hear "hundred" right before he sings "hundred", which I've always thought was tape bleed, and the word bleeding onto the previous spot of the tape where the big silence is ... and that's why we can hear the bleed in only that one spot of the recording. So I thought this tape bleed occured over 20+ years and that it's not there if you'd listen to the original 45/LP. But recently, I heard the song on "American Top 40" with the tape bleed, and then I thought, Maybe it was that way even on the original pressings. But now, as someone pointed out on the board, there's a woman who substitutes new CD versions for the originals on the remastered versions of the old shows on XM/Sirius. Which leaves me totally confused. Does anyone know if that bleed on "hundred" is there on the original 45/LP pressings?

I don't hear tape bleed-through on my 45.

When Shannon replaces the tracks with versions from CDs, does he usually do it for every song in the countdown or just some? Also, are there certain years where they replace the song sources on the shows, or are all years up for grabs?